Sony Ericsson Championships (women's tennis)

The 2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour season is in the history books after ten months of championship tennis. Join On the Baseline for a look back at the impressive numbers and stats posted by the Tour's best players.  

Virginia Ruano Pascual has retired from tennis at the age of 36. The Spaniard won 42 doubles titles and three singles titles during her career on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. Ruano Pascual has 10 Grand Slam doubles titles to her name, including six French Open ones. Eight of those Grand Slam.... The three singles titles Ruano Pascual claimed on the WTA Tour came in Tashkent (2003), Budapest (1998... and Serena Williams win doubles...  

The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour made an analysis of the presence of countries on the women s tennis scene and of course Russia is the leader. Players from Russia had more than twice as many Top 100 players in the 2009 year-end rankings as the second-place country and won more than twice as many Tour singles titles as the second-place country. I remember Kim Clijsters’ observation when she... 10 in 1981, 1982 and 1983. Sony Ericsson...